Raspberry Pi: 10 Great Add-Ons You've Never Heard Of

Since the Raspberry Pi's release, there's been a flood of accessories. Here are our top 10 picks that merit a closer look if you want to take your Pi to the next level.

Jason Barnett's MotorPiTX board

A great accessory for the Pi is Jason Barnett's MotorPiTX board, which is connected on top of a single-board computer (SBC). The board is designed for use in robotics or other projects that need to be motorized.

It comes packed with some interesting features, including its own onboard power supply (using four AA batteries) that provides enough juice to run, not only the Pi, but also motors and servos. The MotorPiTX is outfitted with full ATX-style power controls, two +5v outputs (for LEDs, etc.), two servo connectors, two bi-directional DC motor connectors as well as two 3.3v inputs, micro-USB port, and an I2C breakout board.

Barnett designed the board so that even newcomers to the SBC world can use it for their motorized projects, as there is absolutely no soldering involved connecting the device to the Pi. The MotorPiTX was successfully funded through Kickstarter and can be purchased at www.boeeerb.co.uk. Click here for the Kickstarter page.

What about out of the box thinking and using an embedded cellphone. The cell has android grade cpu .5 gb ram 2 gb hard disk, wifi, gsm, gps and of course the full suite of android apps.
Here is one I found on amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Sharp-Unlocked-Touchscreen-Keyboard-Bluetooth/dp/B007V6F2VI/ref=sr_sp-btf_title_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1384384147&sr=8-7&keywords=cheap+tablets+under+50+gps

This is the fun part, where the industry is small and everyone is still talking to each other. Soon enough, assuming this industry takes off, we will get to the point where big money is involved and everyone talks through their lawyers and PR departments. It is going to be interesting to see if the open source ethos holds up through this. When IBM published their PC bus specification it was a radical move, and they most likely only got away with doing it because Corporate IBM considered PCs to be inconsequential to "real" computing. This generation is starting out from a different base - I am looking forward to seeing where they end up.